DATE: 22nd-29th July 2017
Air Temp: 10C-25C
Water Temp: 11C-13C
Water Height: 1.0m - 0.8m
Number of Rods: 16
Number of fish Caught: 59
Biggest fish: 25lbs Pierre Thomas & Piam Guillemaud
No 30+: 0
No 20-29lbs: 6
No 8-19lbs: 45
Grilse: 8
Weather:
Thick fog & strong winds until Wednesday, followed by cloudless skies and windless days.
Managers Comments:
Denis with his first Salmon |
A tough week on the river this week with very varied conditions. We did get of to a tough start with the unusually long lasting fog which meant we had an out of action helicopter for 3 days. This was incredibly unlucky and exceptionally unusual to have the fog sitting for that length of time. As a result of this it meant we had all rods fishing between Poachers and crows nest. This is still a huge amount of water for 16 rods and plenty of pots & pools to play with. It did mean however, we struggled to hide from the killer stream wind we had for the first half of the week.
Giles with his first fish of the week |
On Wednesday morning the weather took a complete turn and changed to its polar opposite, bright skies and hot days. Perhaps not the most ideal conditions but at least it allowed us up the river. The team persevered and came home with results. Piam had a fantastic week landing a good number of fish one at 25lb. Pierre T also had a tremendous week, landing a couple a great fish over 20lbs.
Yokanga Sun set |
Sadly my time on the river has come to an end, its been a great fun season and thanks to all who where involved hopefully see you all next year.
Fresh fish at the end of July |
Toby Burrell